Editor's Note :

We expect one or more decisions in argued cases on Wednesday at 10 a.m. We will begin live-blogging at approximately 9:45 The Court also has confirmed that the audiotape of Wednesday’s hearing in King v. Burwell will not be released on that day, but on Friday, as is usual.Wednesday's live blog will be available here.

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Thursday round-up

Posted Thu, February 28th, 2013 9:46 am by Cormac Early

Coverage of yesterday’s argument in Shelby County v. Holder continues to pour in, with reporting on the argument coming from Nina Totenberg of NPR, Bill Mears of CNN, Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor, Marcia Coyle at the Blog of Legal Times, the PBS NewsHour, Ari Berman of The Nation, and Jeremy Leaming of ACSblog. Commentary on the argument comes from the editorial board of The New York Times, Emily Bazelon of Slate, Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog, Steven D. Schwinn of Constitutional Law Prof Blog, Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center, Rick Pildes at the Election Law Blog, and Joey Fishkin at Balkinization. Other coverage focuses on the role of specific Justices, with the editorial board of The Washington Post commenting on Justice Scalia’s “contempt of Congress,” while Sahil Kapur of Talking Points Memo focuses on Justice Sotomayor’s role in the argument; on a similar note, Dana Milbank of The Washington Post comments on the roles of Justices Sotomayor and Kagan at yesterday’s oral argument. The Alliance for Justice’s Justice Watch blog has commentary from Gilda Daniels, William Yeomans, Franita Tolson, and Bertrall Ross. Kali also posted an early round-up with additional coverage of the argument. [Disclosure: The law firm of Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, was among the counsel to Representative F. James Sensenbrenner et al., who filed an amicus brief in support of the respondent in this case.]

Lyle reports for this blog that the parties in United States v. Windsor, the challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, have requested an additional sixty-five minutes of oral argument time to address the standing issues in the case.

Chris Geidner of Buzzfeed reports that the Obama administration has yet to decide whether to weigh in as an amicus in the challenge to Proposition 8 in Hollingsworth v. Perry. Today is the deadline for amicus briefs in support of the challengers.

Jeffrey Rosen of The New Republic discusses Tuesday’s argument in Maryland v. King, in which the Court is considering whether the Fourth Amendment allows the states to collect and analyze DNA from people arrested and charged with serious crimes.

Michelle Olsen of Appellate Daily reports on Justice Souter’s post-retirement work on the First Circuit.

Damon W. Root of Reason reports on Justice Stevens’s post-retirement work, which he characterizes as efforts to “rehabilitate his unpopular record.”

Demand Progress PAC has released a YouTube video discussing Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons,Inc., in which the Court is considering whether the Copyright Act permits the owner of a copy legally made or acquired abroad to reimport that copy without the copyright holder’s permission.

Merits Case Pages and Archives

On Monday the Court issued orders from its February 27 Conference. Two new cases were granted. In case there are opinions, we will be live blogging both Tuesday and Wednesday. This is the second week of the February sitting.

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